Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2022-29229Missing Cryptographic Step in cassproject
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in CASS from cassproject. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
CaSS is a Competency and Skills System. CaSS Library, (npm:cassproject) has a missing cryptographic step when storing cryptographic keys that can allow a server administrator access to an account’s cryptographic keys. This affects CaSS servers using standalone username/password authentication, which uses a method that expects e2e cryptographic security of authorization credentials. The issue has been patched in 1.5.8, however, the vulnerable accounts are only resecured when the user next logs in using standalone authentication, as the data required to resecure the account is not available to the server. The issue may be mitigated by using SSO or client side certificates to log in. Please note that SSO and client side certificate authentication does not have this expectation of no-knowledge credential access, and cryptographic keys are available to the server administrator.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | cassproject | 1.5.8 | GHSA-7qcx-4p32-qcmx |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cassproject | CASS | < 1.5.8 |
Weakness: CWE-325 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://github.com/cassproject/CASS/security/advisories/GHSA-7qcx-4p32-qcmx x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/cassproject/CASS/releases/tag/1.5.8 x_refsource_MISC